When we examine historical photos and pictures, it can be hard to visualize what the past would have looked like if we had been there. Conceptually we are aware that it would have been in color, and not the black and white photos, or paintings we are forced to view it in.
But visualizing this is difficult. What did the clothes look like? The people? The landscapes? Well, thanks to amazing work, we can have a look at these colorized images, and they look far more modern than you could have imagined.
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Central Park Lake On A Sunday, New York, Photographed By Marjory Collins In September 1942
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Marilyn Monroe In The Henry Hathaway's Film "Niagara", 1953
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James Dean Signs Autographs In His Car In Marfa, Texas, Photographed By Richard C. Miller, In July 1955
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Soldier And His Girlfriend Waiting For A Train At Chicago Union Station, Photographed By Jack Delano In February 1943
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Hal And Betty Takier, Jitterbug Dancing 1938
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Actress Cathy O'donnell, 1945. Photographed By Martha Holmes For Life And Time Pictures
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Manis The Orangutan And Clint Eastwood, Behind The Scenes Of The Film "Every Which Way But Loose " By James Fargo (1978)
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Brigitte Bardot In A Boat, 1959
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Couple Kissing In The Front Seat Of A Convertible Car At A Drive-In Movie. Photographed In 1945
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February 9, 1927. Washington, D.c. Miss Grace Wagner, Central High School
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Photographed By Pierre Jamet In 1936
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Photographer Harry Adams Stands With A Young Woman In Front Of His Barbershop. Los Angeles, 1956
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Frida Kahlo On A Small Boat At Xochimilco, Mexico, Photographed In 1936
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Veteran Soldier Of Napoleon With His Old Uniform On The Anniversary Of Napoleon's Death. Photographed In 1858
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Parisians On A Bus, Photographed In 1951
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Richmond, Virginia, Circa 1908
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A Woman Driving A Sports Car Around Hollywood With Thor The Great Dane Riding Shotgun, 1961. Photographed By Ralph Crane
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8th Of October 1963: British Actor Sean Connery Lounges On A Sofa With A Cigarette
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Model Wearing Suse Dannenburg 'Jezebel' Sweater, Photographed By Nina Leen For Life Magazine, 1947
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Drought Refugees, California, Photographed By Dorothea Lange In February 1936
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Man Changing A Tire, New York, Photographed In 1946 By Stanley Kubrick
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Actress Katharine Hepburn, 1907-2003. Photographed By Alfred Eisenstaedt In 1937
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Couple Kissing At The Cinema, Photographed By Weegee In 1943
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Photographed In 1936 By The French Photographer Pierre Jamet
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Marlon Brando Photographed By Ed Clark In 1949
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Little Fisherman, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Photographed By Howard Liberman In September 1942
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Elegant Thérèse Bonney, Taking The Train, With Vuitton Luggage, 1928
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Robert De Niro Photographed On The Set Of The Film "Taxi Driver" By Martin Scorcese, 1976
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Bathing Beauties From Revere Beach, USA, 1937
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Anonymous Couple Photographed In 1942
